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{{Infobox film
| name = Oka Oori Katha
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =poster
| director = [[Mrinal Sen]]
| producer = A. Parandhama Reddy
| story = [[Munshi Premchand]]
| writer = [[Yandamoori Veerendranath]] (dialogues)
| screenplay =[[Mohit Chattopadhyay]]
| starring =[[M. V. Vasudeva Rao]]<br />[[G. V. Narayana Rao]]<br />[[Pradeep Kumar]]<br />[[Mamata Shankar]]<br />A. R. Krishna
| music =[[Vijay Raghav Rao]]
| cinematography = [[K. K. Mahajan]]
| editing = Gadadhar Naskar
| studio =
| distributor =Chandrodaya Art Films
| released = 1977
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| budget =
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'''''Oka Oori Katha''''' (English title: The Marginal Ones; [[Telugu language|Telugu]]: ఒక ఊరి కథ) is a 1977 Indian Telugu-Language [[drama film]] directed by [[Mrinal Sen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/oka-oori-katha-and-mrinal-sen-s-aversion-to-innocent-storytelling/cid/1684451|title=Mrinal Sen's aversion to innocent storytelling|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> The Pan-Indian film is based on the story ''Kafan'' by [[Munshi Premchand]].<ref>[http://www.idlebrain.com/research/anal/anal-art.html Telugu Art Cinema - Bhagvan Das Garga]. Idle Brain. Retrieved on 2011-09-17.</ref> The film was one of the Indian entries at the 4th [[Hong Kong International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/141_IPCatalogue1980-81.pdf|title=Filmtsav' 80 Pg 16|publisher=DFF}}</ref> The film won Special Awards at the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]], and [[Carthage Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mrinalsen.org/oka_oori_katha.htm|title=Mrinal Sen :: Oka Oori Katha|website=mrinalsen.org}}</ref> It was showcased in the ''Indian Panorama'' section of the 1978 [[International Film Festival of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/144_IPCatalogue1977-78.pdf|title=Indian Panorama 1977-78 Festival}}</ref>

The film won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu]] at the [[25th National Film Awards]], "for successfully transforming Premchand's story "Kafan" into a scathing commentary on rural destitution and social injustice; for projecting through powerful performances of its leading characters, the degradation and brutalisation of human beings, for its sincere commitment to the cause of the downtrodden; for its fervent impassioned appeal to the conscience of humanity" as cited by the Jury.<ref name="25thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/92_25thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=25th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref>

==The plot==
Venkaiah (Vasudeva Rao) and his son Kistaiah (Narayana Rao) live in a village. Venkaiah lives in a queer world of his own. They have learnt to conquer hunger and are mentally strong. They consider that the poor farmers are fools to work for the rich and suffer. Kistaiah wants to marry Nilamma (Mamata Shankar). The father does not like the marriage. Kistaiah refuses and marries Nilamma.

Nilamma tries to control the family. Venkaiah does not change. Kistaiah stands between them. There is bitterness in the family. In course of time, Nilamma conceives. One day, they find Nilamma in acute pain. The father refuses to call a midwife and Nilamma dies. They decide to conduct funeral rites for Nilamma. They go begging around the village and gather some money and decide to spend it on drinks.

==Credits==
===Cast===
* A. R. Krishna
* [[Pradeep Kumar]]
* [[G. V. Narayana Rao]] as Kistaiah
* [[M. V. Vasudeva Rao]] as Venkaiah
* [[Mamata Shankar]] as Nilamma
* Chintapally Bhadra Reddy as Zamindar

===Crew===
* Director: [[Mrinal Sen]]
* Story: [[Munshi Premchand]]
* Screenplay: [[Mohit Chattopadhyay]]
* Writer: [[Yandamoori Veerendranath]] (dialogues)
* Producer: A. Parandhama Reddy
* Original Music: [[Vijay Raghav Rao]]
* Cinematography: [[K. K. Mahajan]]
* Assistant Cameraman: [[Nadeem Khan]]
* Film Editing: Gangadhar Naskar
* Art Direction: B. Kalyan

==Awards==
;[[National Film Awards]]
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu]] - Mrinal Sen and A. Parandhama Reddy

;[[Nandi Awards]]
* [[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film]] - A. Parandhama Reddy
* [[Nandi Special Jury Award]] - G. V. Narayana Rao

;International Honors
* [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]] - Special Jury Award
* [[Carthage Film Festival]] - Special Award

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{imdb title|0076492}}

{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Telugu}}
{{Mrinal Sen}}

[[Category:1977 films]]
[[Category:Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films about labour]]
[[Category:Films directed by Mrinal Sen]]
[[Category:Adaptations of works by Premchand]]
[[Category:Best Telugu Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Films about social issues in India]]
[[Category:Films about women in India]]
[[Category:Indian avant-garde and experimental films]]
[[Category:Indian nonlinear narrative films]]
[[Category:Social realism in film]]
[[Category:Indian feminist films]]
[[Category:Films about poverty in India]]
[[Category:Works about dysfunctional families]]
[[Category:Midlife crisis films]]
[[Category:Indian family films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]

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